A worker at McDonald’s said police vehicles pulled up on Grange Road and chased the two suspects towards House of Fraser.

The man and youth were arrested and are helping police with inquiries.

A spokeswoman for Cleveland Police said: “A 34-year-old was arrested on suspicion of theft and is in custody and a 16-year-old was arrested on suspicion of theft from a shop, using threatening and abusive words or behaviour and obstructing and resisting a police officer.”